The constant polynomial 1 : FpPoly p is recognised as a unit by
isUnitPolynomial.
A polynomial accepted by isUnitPolynomial (degree-zero, hence a
nonzero constant) divides 1 : FpPoly p.
Adapter from the strict executable-gcd form of square-freeness
(DensePoly.gcd r r' = 1) to the relaxed common-divisor form
(∀ d, d ∣ r → d ∣ r' → isUnitPolynomial d). The relaxed form is the
shape the soundness chain culminating in berlekampFactor_singleton_irreducible
consumes; the strict form is what existing in-tree callers carry, so this
adapter lets them feed the chain unchanged.
Strong square-free characterization: if every common divisor of r and
its derivative is a unit, then any g with g * g ∣ r is itself a unit
(via isUnitPolynomial).
If the product a * b is square-free, then any common divisor d of the
two factors a and b divides 1, since d * d ∣ a * b forces d to be a
unit.
Square-free product specialization of
exists_reduced_crtZeroOne_kernelWitness_of_coprime_split. The extra monicity
hypothesis on the executable gcd connects the common-divisor form supplied by
square-freeness to the gcd a b = 1 surface used by the XGCD-backed CRT
candidate.
For square-free r (gcd r r' = 1), the gcd of d with the cofactor
r / gcd r d is a unit, the gcd-quotient unit recognition used by the
square-free distinct-degree check.
Distinct witness linear factors (w - C c) and (w - C d) are
coprime: their difference is a nonzero constant, so any common divisor
divides 1.
Square-free divisor distribution (non-unit existence): if f has
positive degree and divides the canonical witness product over F_p,
some gcd(f, w - C c) is non-unit. The proof uses only coprime cancellation
and the divisibility hypothesis.
Square-free divisor distribution (nontrivial split): under the
non-constancy hypothesis that no single (w - C c) is divisible by f,
some witness gcd is nonzero, nonconstant, and not equal to f. This is
the form consumed by the executable Berlekamp split surface (see
HexBerlekamp.Berlekamp.kernelWitnessSplit?_some_of_nontrivial_splitFactorAt).
f does not need to be square-free for this statement. Square-freeness is
used at the call site to derive the witness-level divisibility hypothesis.
Executable composition of the square-free distribution step: once the
witness-product divisibility hypothesis is available and the witness is not
constant modulo f, the Berlekamp split search finds a concrete split result.
The upstream derivation of hdvd from a fixed-space/kernel hypothesis is kept
separate; this theorem only packages the local distribution result with the
executable search reflection.